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[arrutled]

Originally Posted by bimmerboy

Clap, start your own fucking thread! Jeez...

OP, that is some insane rubber you got going on there! Any rear shots? How hard is it to spin rubber in 1st now?

Of course I do!

new rubber vs snows

[bimmer74]

Great looking wheels and the level of grip with the wide, sticky tires must be awesome. Congrats.

[arrutled]

Camber plates going on today! unfortunately its snowing so no test drive on the new tires/rims. I am going to put on the tires to make sure they fit and no trimming/rolling will be needed.

[larryn]

Sweet! Tell Mikie that I said Hi!

[arrutled]

Will do!

[135gofast]

Originally Posted by arrutled

Camber plates going on today! unfortunately its snowing so no test drive on the new tires/rims. I am going to put on the tires to make sure they fit and no trimming/rolling will be needed.

Those look amazing! Congrats on the new look.

It's not snowing here in Boston (yet), maybe you should head this way for a test drive.

After you get the camber plates installed, could you post the camber settings required to run those 255's up front? And your impressions of how it rides/drives on the streets with the camber settings?

I've got ARC-8s arriving next week, but have not ordered rubber to grace the svelte forged alloy. Still debating how wide to go.

[arrutled]

I surely will. I might be in boston this weekend so you might be lucky! All I expect to do today is to see if they will fit without needing to trim the tab at max camber. I plan to just run max camber at auto-x. most likely over 3 degrees will be necessary on a stock fender. every degree of cember equals about 5.5mm of clearance. Ill post my impression if there is any loss of ride quality. Ill want an alignment before I post final impressions of camber plates though.

[larryn]

Andy, my alignment specs did not change for toe-in, after adding the plates, at street settings.

Caster, you only have one setting you can use for these plates to get max camber, and camber (the third alignment spec) is adjustable.

Since you are not lowered, I am not sure you'll be able to get to -3deg, but since you are higher, under corner load, you'll be articulating the wheel up and in, giving more clearance.

[arrutled]

Originally Posted by larryn

Andy, my alignment specs did not change for toe-in, after adding the plates, at street settings.

Caster, you only have one setting you can use for these plates to get max camber, and camber (the third alignment spec) is adjustable.

Since you are not lowered, I am not sure you'll be able to get to -3deg, but since you are higher, under corner load, you'll be articulating the wheel up and in, giving more clearance.

My street settings are different from yours. I am at like .75 degrees camber and 1/16 toe in. What if I choose a new street setting for camber. wont that adjust my toe further out??? Also I dont know if mike has a sweet camber tool like you .

[arrutled]

right, so hes going to use an i-phone app. lol

[larryn]

You are going to need a gauge of some sort, and you will need to mark the plates for deg of camber, if you want to be exact. Remember that the entire plates also slide back and forth in the slots built into the strut tower.

My streets were -.5, I think. and 1/16 toe in.

[larryn]

Dude, with a calibrated accelerometer, that would work fine...

[timhatimay]

What type of camber plates are you using? I think we have similar set-ups with stock suspension+m3 parts...did you find this to be inadequate for auto-x/track?

Those are some great looking rims and a whole lot of tire by the way! Nice Setup!

Tim

[larryn]

His are the same as mine... Vorschlag camber plates, that can be configured for many different dampers, when ordering. Curious to hear arrutled's impressions, but I love mine.

He bought the camber plates for the express purpose of fitting 255's up front for autocross.

[Eddy@ApexWheels]

Just for reference, since I mounted up a set of tires for a local customer, I threw their wheels up onto the scale. I have a true USPS/UPS certified scale accurate to 1/100th of a pound. Here is the 18x9.5" wheel with a 265/35/18 Falken tire mounted including TPMS sensor: 45.25lbs

Their front 245/35/18 combo was 43.15lbs.



Back to what we were talking about.....

[arrutled]

Originally Posted by timhatimay

What type of camber plates are you using? I think we have similar set-ups with stock suspension+m3 parts...did you find this to be inadequate for auto-x/track?

Those are some great looking rims and a whole lot of tire by the way! Nice Setup!

Tim

like larry said. I only bought these to fit big tires up front. Otherwise the setup is very "adequate"

[arrutled]

Originally Posted by paintpro21

Just for reference, since I mounted up a set of tires for a local customer, I threw their wheels up onto the scale. I have a true USPS/UPS certified scale accurate to 1/100th of a pound. Here is the 18x9.5" wheel with a 265/35/18 Falken tire mounted including TPMS sensor: 45.25lbs

Their front 245/35/18 combo was 43.15lbs.



Back to what we were talking about.....

thanks! no more physics though please. I had enough in college.

[larryn]

How'd things go last night???

[arrutled]

Originally Posted by larryn

How'd things go last night???

more like because we could not compress the spring enough for the threads on the strut to reach the nut on the camber plate.

[larryn]

Originally Posted by arrutled

more like because we could not compress the spring enough for the threads on the strut to reach the nut on the camber plate.

Huh? Really? That STINKS. Wanna try again at my place, maybe Sat AM? I'm flying out to Atlanta on Sunday (plus it's wifey's B-day).

[arrutled]

We can certainly try. I wanted to go to the boston area anyways this weekend. Did you lose any ride height when you installed yours? cause the way its designed it looks like you will lose some height because of it.

[larryn]

I actually gained 1/8" - 1/4" in height, I believe, with the plates.